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Cain Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 1550 Posts |
Hello Mr. Close,
Unfortunately I'm reduced to re-posting a question I more or less asked on the Workers Board. Given your formidable knowledge of the literature, and your special interest in memorized decks, I wonder if you can recommend anything dealing with memorized separation. Let me explain. I remember as a child separating the reds from the blacks; a spectator was then forced to select one of the top 26 cards (easy enough), and forced to put it back in among the bottom 26. I found I could locate the selection even if they gave the pack a quick overhand shuffle. Well, that was years ago. For the last nine months or so I've been playing with a memorized separation (I drew inspiration from a certain effect in Bannon's DMF). It's a simple binary distinction: twenty-three seemingly random cards are designated group A, and 29 are in group B (which I prefer against 26-26). It's like the reds and blacks but not as obvious (obviously). It's easy to separate on the fly, both halves can be shuffled, and you can spread the cards face up before doing a trick. I've come up with some exciting effects/applications (well, I think they're cool), but I just know others have gone further (Aronson's brilliant Shufflebored principle is a good example). Would you happen to have any vague recommendations off hand for people or tricks utilizing this concept?
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mclose V.I.P. 306 Posts |
I think one of the best tricks of this type is Juan Tamariz's Neither Blind nor Silly from Sonata (it was also in Apocalypse). Juan uses a red/black set up, but I have always used 1-26/27-52 memdeck setup. In this way you can spread the cards out and no prearrangement is apparent.
I'm positive that Ed Marlo published work on reb/black locations, but I can't cite you any exact sources. You might want to try the folks at the Genii board. Some very knowledgable folks lurk over there. Close |
Cain Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 1550 Posts |
Thanks! I've been meaning to get SONATA, so now I'll put it at the top of the list. I should've known to try the Genii board. I'm excited. Thanks again.
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wsduncan Inner circle Seattle, WA 3619 Posts |
"Neither Blind Nor Silly" is also the first trick in Card College Light.
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Dennis Loomis 1943 - 2013 2113 Posts |
Pit Hartling's Chaos is an excellent effect based on the Red/Black Separation principal. I heard a rumor that Mike performed it privately on Thanksgiving... care to comment Mike?
The effect can be found in Pit's Little Green Lecture which is available as printed notes and on video. Dennis Loomis
Itinerant Montebank
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